# When did Dennis Miller become a Republcan? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 29, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-dennis-miller-become-a-republcan/185199 "2003-06-29T19:15:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-dennis-miller-become-a-republcan/185199/1 "2003-06-29T19:15:39Z")
[http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=638&ncid=762&e=1&u=/nm/20030628/en\_nm/politics\_bush\_miller\_dc](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=638&ncid=762&e=1&u=/nm/20030628/en_nm/politics_bush_miller_dc) I remember him being fairly left leaning years back. I welcome him to the fold, but when did this happen? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-dennis-miller-become-a-republcan/185199/2 "2003-06-29T19:19:00Z")
Maybe Bush promised him a special tax cut for sarcastic comedians if he helped on the campaign trail. Just a WAG. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-dennis-miller-become-a-republcan/185199/3 "2003-06-29T19:24:17Z")
…Long about the time he got rich. Being a Repub actually makes economic sense if you are wealthy. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-dennis-miller-become-a-republcan/185199/4 "2003-06-29T19:28:25Z")
I’d been asking myself this for some time. He got to be too reactionary for my taste and I quit watching his show, which made me sad since I used to be a fan. Looks like he’s just running with it. And here I thought comedy was about attacking the status quo, not actively working to preserve it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Vlad\_Dracul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/50afbb/32.png) [@Vlad\_Dracul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Dracul)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-dennis-miller-become-a-republcan/185199/5 "2003-06-29T19:44:52Z")
Might have something to do with drawing an audience. If he, or his agent, has decided that he’s a more viable commercial property with right-leaning material, he might very well have decided to go where the income is. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-dennis-miller-become-a-republcan/185199/6 "2003-06-29T20:46:01Z")
It’s job security. A smart political comedian wants Bush in the White House, simply for the material. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-dennis-miller-become-a-republcan/185199/7 "2003-06-29T20:58:18Z")
:rolleyes: I guess I was asking for it, but is there anyone who is not a sarcastic lefty willing to answer the question? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-dennis-miller-become-a-republcan/185199/8 "2003-06-29T21:05:54Z")
If you want a non-sarcastic answer, I suppose it might be nothing more than him getting older. People often become more conservative when they get older. Of course, a conservative will say this is the result of life-long learning, but that’s a subject for another debate, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-dennis-miller-become-a-republcan/185199/9 "2003-06-29T21:22:49Z")
My answer wasn’t sarcastic. It is my honest feeling that people who are extremely wealthy are well served by the Repub economic agenda, though almost no one else is. You may interpret my answer as sarcasm, but I see it as a simple recognition of fact. ---
**Author:** ![thatDDperson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@thatDDperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thatDDperson)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-dennis-miller-become-a-republcan/185199/10 "2003-06-29T22:59:52Z")
That’s it. Miller gets his demotion to the bottom of my list. He’s becoming what he ranted against. Too much money makes for bad political/social commentary, unless you’re Carlin. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-dennis-miller-become-a-republcan/185199/11 "2003-06-29T23:12:43Z")
I’ve been a fan of his for a long time, He had a gradual change to the right during most of Clintons presidency basically due to age. Then 9-11 hit and I think he is one of the people it scared the shit out of. He took a huge jump to the right because of it from what I can tell. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-dennis-miller-become-a-republcan/185199/12 "2003-06-30T00:13:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Evil Captor \* > \*\*My answer wasn’t sarcastic. It is my honest feeling that people who are extremely wealthy are well served by the Repub economic agenda, though almost no one else is. You may interpret my answer as sarcasm, but I see it as a simple recognition of fact. \*\* Yes, God forbid anyone would become a Republican out of moral and intelectual conviction. It _must_ be because he is now corrupt.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-dennis-miller-become-a-republcan/185199/13 "2003-06-30T00:19:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Muad’Dib \* > \*\*:rolleyes: > > I guess I was asking for it, but is there anyone who is not a sarcastic lefty willing to answer the question? \*\* Middle of the road dude checking in. I saw an interview with Miller a month or two ago (sorry, forget which show…I think maybe something on CNN or MSNBC). He said that his outlook changed as a result of 9/11. FWIW, [here](http://www.blacktable.com/chandler030529.htm) is a meeting between the “old” DM and the "new DM. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-dennis-miller-become-a-republcan/185199/14 "2003-06-30T00:19:44Z")
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. I’ve always found him so totally unfunny and found it comforting that he was on the other side of the political fence as well. Now I have to reconsider his funnyness. Is it possible he’s not so bad after all? I always love the views of people like **Evil Captor**. “If you ain’t on my side, it’s obvious it’s because you’re evil.” The typical cause of most wars as it turns out. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-dennis-miller-become-a-republcan/185199/15 "2003-06-30T03:02:02Z")
I don’t recall accusing anyone of being evil here. Perhaps you can enlighten me? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-dennis-miller-become-a-republcan/185199/16 "2003-06-30T03:03:20Z")
I don’t recall accusing anyone of being evil here. Perhaps you can enlighten me? As for my point about Miller, when someone becomes rich and then his views switch to those of a political party that favors the rich over time, well, I suppose it COULD be something other than simple self-interest, but mostly that’s what it is. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-dennis-miller-become-a-republcan/185199/17 "2003-06-30T03:29:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Evil Captor \* > \*\*As for my point about Miller, when someone becomes rich and then his views switch to those of a political party that favors the rich over time, well, I suppose it COULD be something other than simple self-interest, but mostly that’s what it is. \*\* \ Exactly! I mean, look at the Kennedys! ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-dennis-miller-become-a-republcan/185199/18 "2003-06-30T03:32:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Muad’Dib \* > \*\*Yes, God forbid anyone would become a Republican out of moral and intelectual conviction. It _must_ be because he is now corrupt.:rolleyes: \*\* Basically. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-dennis-miller-become-a-republcan/185199/19 "2003-06-30T03:36:42Z")
Goodness, you mean a person’s political philosophy appears to have changed in the last two decades? Heaven forfend! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-dennis-miller-become-a-republcan/185199/20 "2003-06-30T04:01:13Z")
Maybe he got religion. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-dennis-miller-become-a-republcan/185199.md?page=2)